Zoli points to an example of angioplasty opportunity at the CA Department of Health (no pun intended!).
We can all have a field day with government processes. Here are 3 right off the top of my head:
a) In the airport security line employees of a private contractor check your boarding pass and ID, and then a few steps later a TSA employee needs to check your boarding pass again. And god forbid you put the boarding pass with your stuff going through the X Ray machine. Who does the TSA trust less - the private contractor or you?
b) what if we had "negative tolls" where the government gave back refunds for delays due to lane closure or major construction? You think it would be incented to have 3 construction shifts a day working away? We can have "follow the sun" software development and 24x7 medical service, but civil engineers and construction workers are too complex to so manage?
c) Immigrants are required to have their finger prints taken and verified by the FBI. Fair enough. But because the INS takes years to process applications, many (most in some regions) immigrants are forced to go get another set of "fresh" fingerprints. Do fingerprints ever change? On the other hand for tourist visas we are trying out more sophisticated biometrics. And by the way, should the INS not perform angioplasty on any process that takes years?
